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Better Googling

  harriet tubman "underground railroad" site:.edu

7,810 results

 

 What was Harriet Tubman's role in the underground railroad?

31,800 results

Here's how to craft a better search to get fewer and more relevant results:

  • Identify the main ideas in your research question.
          What was Harriet Tubman's role in the Underground Railroad?
     
  • Use quotation marks around 2 or more words that need to be together.
          "underground railroad"
     
  • Limit your search to a specific domain, such as .edu, .gov, or .org.
          harriet tubman "underground railroad" site:.edu

More information on advanced Google searching and Google Scholar.

Using Google to Search Smarter

Quick Search Tips

Magazines, journals, and newspapers focus on a specific aspect of a topic.  Therefore, what you type into the search box needs to be specific.

Select the most important 2-3 terms related to your topic.  Put the word AND between each new term; this tells the database to look for resources with ALL your terms.

frederick douglass AND statesmanship

Use quotation marks ( "  " ) around phrases (two or more words); this tells the database to look for the words in that specific order.

"underground railroad" AND Tubman

 

Why can't I just use Google?

This video by Yavapai College Library in Prescott, Arizona demonstrates the different types of information found in Google versus library databases. 

Click the  icon located in the bottom right corner to watch the video in fullscreen mode.

Google Add-Ons

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HU4eZYgjFjI